Accept in Confidence

The more I know and practice, the harder for me to gain confidence. This is easily reflected in my swing of driver vs irons on the course. On the days I drove well, my irons were less satisfying and vice versa.

A friend told me: "Accept the distance that your driver is far." This is a unique statement and it caught my attention.

What is the real reason behind this so called phenomenon? My explaination is simple, I lack of confidence in accepting the expected truth. On those days that I drove well, I intended to hit my irons better, but the truth was that there was only so much I can produce with the current skill level. I tried to push the limit on the course and that was what caused me to pay for unnecessary mistake(s). From a polarized view point, I could not accept the fact that my driver was already far enough for my skill level, thus I should accept it and play with the recorgnized truth.

When I screwed up my drivers, I tried to be safer in irons and thus my irons were played better. Why did I drive badly at the first place? It was because I tried to produce distance further than my actual norms, again I was lack of confidence of accepting the distance I could actually launch.

This statement strikes me like a thunder. Accepting the fact of how good you are is sometimes as hard as accepting the fact of how bad you are.